72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Vivre au paradis / Living in Paradise

Bourlem Guerdjou
Algeria-France-Belgium-Norway      105 m.
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1961-62. The Algerian War is underway. Lakhdar, an immigrant construction worker, lives in the suburban Paris shantytown of Nanterre. He can no longer bear living alone, far from his family in Southern Algeria. Succeeding in bringing them to France, he starts looking for a decent apartment. He ends up becoming one of those profiteers who exploit their fellow countrymen, even betraying them if need be, unaware that his wife Nora is involved in militant activity. On the point of falling apart, his family is saved by the shantytown solidarity, just as Algeria is celebrating its independence.
Director
Bourlem Guerdjou
Screenplay
Bourlem Guerdjou, Olivier Lorelle, Olivier Douyère
Photography
Georges Lechaptois
Edition
Sandrine Deegen
Cast
Roschdy Zem, Fadila Belkebla, Omar Bekhaled, Farida Rahouadj, Hiam Abbass
Running Time
105 m.
Country
Algeria-France-Belgium-Norway
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